The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-15

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REQ uired for the establishment Of such
trail. Cattle owners In Texas have
complained to the Secretary Of the In
terror against the action OF the Chick
asaw Indian Nation, In the IndiGn
Territory, in levying q tax OF ID cents
per head on all cattle passing through
their Territory, en- route northward to
market or pasturage, and have m
Quired whether there exists any means
whereby they may be relieved from
payment thereof. The Governor CT
the ChickasawN Nation has informed the
Interior Department that the law COM
planned OF was enacted by the Chick
asaw Nationa Council in order to break
up the practice OF cattle men whose
habit, he says, is TO ship large lherds
by rail to Colbert Station, on the Pa.
ciiic iailroad, In the sou beast corner
OF the Chickasaw country, and then
range them disgonally through the
same, taking all summer In the transit,
inflicting great loss upon the Chicka-
saws, not only by consuming the best
grass they find, but also by intro
ducing cattle disease, absorbing and
driving of the small herds, etc. He
disclaims any wish or purpose on the
part OF the Chicassws 10 regulate or
Interfere with commerce, but Gays:
Nv are eimply regulating the price Of
our grass, which Is valuable property |;
costing In Texa, pastures from 10 TO
25 cents per month; that there Ia no
objection or hindrance, by tax or
other wise, TO the driving OF cattle on
the regularly established cattle trail In
the weItern part Of their domain,
where there is highway open to all
genuine drivers OF through herds; that
he fails to zee where the constiiu-
ton gives q right 10 intIuders to
taunier along their country roads
and Craze their cattle on adj 3
cent fields.
BIa Contracts.
Secretary Whitney today awarded
to the Bsthlehen Iron Works Oompa-
ny, OF Pennsylvania, the contracts TO
furnish about 400 tons OF steel guu
forgiDgs and $500 tons Of steel armor
plates, at total cost of $4.5l2,938.
It's bid, though not the lowest for the
gun rteel, was the lowest in the aggre.
gate for the two contracts.
SECRETARY RRDICoTT's aKCRRrARY.
Charles &. Sweet, OF Chicago, whom
Secretary Lincoln, at the beginning OF
his administration OF the War Depart
ment, appointed his private secretary
and Rtenographer, and whom Secrt-
tary Endicott has retained Ia position
to this time, has been elected secre-
tary OF the Chicago, Santa Fee and
California Railway Company, and as.
eumes his new duties at once. Secre-
tary Endicott has accepted Mr.. Sweets
resignation with regret. He adds: II
am parting not only with O secretary
but with friend. Be assured that /
shall recall with pleasure the relations
so intimate and confidential that have
existed between us, and IL will be long
before l can be gu to reconciled TO my
new surroundings"
THE LAST TRIA. TRIP
of the cruiser Atlanta seems to have
proved a complete success, at least as
far as the speed attained Is concerned.
A telegram received at the Navy De-
partment this morning states that an
average speed Of fifteen and half
knots an hour was maintained Tor
ak consecutive hours, Nhlie at times
the vessels speed exceeded sixteen
knots an hour. No reports of the in
dictator tests for horse power made
yesterday have yet been received at
The Department, but computations
made by engineering officers show
that to attain fifteen knots Of speed
the engines must have made seventy
Ave revolutions per minute, which
would indicate the development OF the
$500 horse power required by the con-
tract. On Yesterdays trial the vessel
was not down 10 her full load line,
lacking about 400 tons OF the weight
of her full equipment, but 1t is re-
garded by naval officers as beyond
doubt that the Atlanta will be able,
with full equipment and stores, to
make The ees spesd-thiiteen knots
Tor which she was designed.
APPLICATIONS FIR PARDoNs.
The President has taken action on
applications for pardon in the follow
log cases: IL. Ii. Merge, who was
convicted Of embCsz leg money from
malls and sentenced to nine Yeas i'm
prisonment In Chester, H., was par.
doued; W. X Branum, now serving a
yeaI = sentence in thu Southern Hi.
NOS Psnitentiary, for breaking into q
postoflice with intent to steal, was
pardoned, A pardon was denied in
the case Ct Geo. Dohtrsy, convicted
OF violating the election laws.
Favorable action was taken on the
application Tor the pardon of John
Smith, Cor fiued in an Arkansas peni-
Tertiary for an assault with intent to
kill.
la the case OF Selah @. CARL, con-
victed Of counlerleiting and sentenced
to fifteen years in the Erie county
psnitent'ary, the President commuted
the sentence to seven years imprison-
ment He has already been in prison
At out seven years.
Pardons were granted In the follow.
ing cases: Eugene b. Walton, late
teller of the First Nationa' Bank OF
New York, convicted OF making false
entries; Stephen Ii, Russell, convicted
in Massachusetts, OF counterfeiting /;
William II, 0verholl, convicted of
robbiDg the mails and sentenced TO ten
years imprisonment in the Southern
Illinois heIiten;isIy.
Adverse action was taken in the fol-
lowing cases: VIM. lie Baron, Distric,
OF Minnesota; b, I, Hubbard, North.
ern District Of Illinois; Thomas
Moody, Western District of Texas
George Middou, Eastern District Of
Pennsylvania
All the pardons mentioned above
were granted on the recommended
tons of the officers who conducted
the prosecutions.
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